Mobile WiMAX 802.16e

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Mobile WiMAX 802.16e

• The Progress and the Promise
• Dick Lee
• VP Caribbean - General Manager North America
• Airspan Networks Inc.

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Terms

• IEEE 802.16
• An emerging suite of standards for Broadband
  Wireless Access (BWA)
• IEEE 802.16 (2004)
• Air Interface Standard for Fixed and Nomadic
  Access
• IEEE 802.16 (2005)
• Amendment to 802.16 (2004)
• High Throughput packet data radio network
• Supports several classes of IP Applications and
  services based on different usage, mobility and
  deployment models
• Support for customer stations moving at vehicular
  speeds
• Air Interface offers high degree of flexibility
  and options
• Base Station and Sector Handover functions are
  standardized

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WiMAX Access Options
Access Type Customer Devices Locations/Motion Handoff Supported 802.16 (2004) 802.16 (2005)
Fixed Outdoor Indoor CPE One - Stationary NO YES YES
Nomadic Indoor CPE,USB, PCMICA Multiple - Stationary NO YES YES
Portable Laptop USB, PCMCIA, Mini Cards, On Board Multiple Pedestrian Speed Hard Handoffs NO YES
Slow Mobility Laptop, USB, PCMCIA, PDA, smart phones Multiple Golf Cart Speed Hard Handoffs NO YES
Full Mobility AS Above Multiple Highway Speed Cell Network grade Handoffs NO YES
Source WiMAX Forum
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Mobile WiMAX 802.16e

• Ratified by IEEE late 2005
• WiMAX Forum certified products available late
  2006 3.5GHz International Broadband Spectrum
  first choice
• General Availability 1st half of 2007
• Plan to emerge as a viable competitor to 3G
  Technologies
• Fuelled by deployment of WiBro in South Korea
  WiBro is a WiMAX Forum supported Standard

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Certification Profiles 802.16 (2004) - Release 1
System Profile WiMAX Forum
Spectrum
Duplexing
Chan. Width
3.5 GHz TDD 3.5 MHz
3.5 GHz TDD 7 MHz
3.5 GHz FDD 3.5 MHz
3.5 GHz FDD 7 MHz
5.8 GHz TDD 10 MHz
Fixed WiMAX IEEE 802.16-2004, OFDM
Access Fixed Nomadic
Modulation OFDM
ProgressWhere We Are
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Certification Profiles 802.16 (2005) - Release 1
SOFDMA allows channel Sizes up to 20MHz
System Profile WiMAX Forum
Spectrum
Duplexing
Chan. Width
2.3 GHz TDD 5 MHz 7 MHz 8.75 MHz 10 MHz
2.5 GHz TDD 5 MHz 7 MHz 8.75 MHz 10 MHz
3.5 GHz TDD 5 MHz 7 MHz 8.75 MHz 10 MHz
Mobile WiMAX IEEE 802.16-2005, SOFDA
Access Fixed Nomadic Portable Mobile
Modulation (S)OFDMA
IEEE 802.16 (2005)
Progress NEXT
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WiMAX
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Mobile WiMAX
Availability of equipment based on 802.16e from
2007
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• ProST with integrated WiFi Access Point
• All Outdoor Solution
• AC or DC Outdoor Adapter to provide Power
• Total power consumption less than 18 Watts
• WiFi Antenna connects using a TNC connector
• in the bottom of ProST-WiFi
• WiFi Capabilities
• 802.11b/g at 2.4 GHz
• WEP, WPA Security
• Multiple Virtual Access Points
• 16 SSIDs
• SSID to VLAN tagging
• VLAN to 802.16 QoS Service Flow Mapping
• Gateway Functions
• DHCP Server
• NAT
• PPPoE client

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Supports 2X2 MIMO, Beam Forming, Handover,
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Strategic Questions

• Will Fixed WiMAX Quickly Become Obsolete?
• Should Operators start with Fixed WiMAX
• Can Mobile WiMAX compete successfully with the
  Cellular technologies for Data Services?

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Thank You.Dick Lee General Manager North
America and Caribbeandlee_at_airspan.com Ian
Lenathen Senior Regional Sales Director Canada,
Bermuda and Caribbeanilenathen_at_airspan.com